WHAT: TODAY June 2nd, at 4:30 PM, the New York Immigration Coalition, local member organizations, immigrant community members, and allies will gather at Van der Donck Park in Yonkers for a rally and press conference urging state lawmakers to pass the New York for All
Act (A3506/S2235) before the end of the 2025 legislative session.
As the session winds down, Westchester’s immigrant communities are sounding the alarm: without immediate action from Albany, families remain at risk of being torn apart through unnecessary and harmful collusion between local agencies and ICE. Rally participants will call on elected officials to stand with their immigrant constituents and act swiftly to pass this critical public safety and immigrant rights legislation.
WHEN: Monday, June 2nd, 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: Van Der Donck Park, 41 Dock St, Yonkers, NY 10701– In front of the DMV
WHO:
● New York Immigration Coalition
More Context
The New York for All Act is a landmark piece of legislation that would prohibit state and local government agencies, including law enforcement, from collaborating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), sharing sensitive personal information, or allocating personnel and resources to aid in federal immigration enforcement efforts. By reinforcing the separation between local governance and federal immigration policies, the bill ensures that all New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status, can access public services, care for their families, and participate in community life without fear.
Municipalities that limit ICE collusion are proven to have economic benefits for all and to be safer than those that divert their local resources to ICE’s anti-immigrant agenda. Over 60 percent of home healthcare workers and aides for the elderly are immigrants, and some of the most likely first jobs for asylum seekers include nursing assistants, child care workers, and construction workers — some of the most critical, hard-to-fill jobs.The New York For All Act will support and protect our neighbors, colleagues, friends, and family by quelling the fear that simply going to work or seeking help in an emergency could result in them being torn from family. The time is now for Albany to pass New York for All.
